This workbook is an easy-to-use collection of real-life development designs and recommended land use language for use by municipal planning boards as they review subdivision...
This guide, prepared by the NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, instructs municipalities on how they might use planned unit developments (PUDs) to reinforce and...
A Guide for Communities in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed was written to help municipalities pursue a natural resources inventory (NRI) by suggesting an approach...
Is your community concerned about sensitive environmental areas like stream corridors, steep and erosion-prone ridges, or large forests that offer refuges for wildlife? Conservation overlays are...
This report quantifies the types of basic land use and regulatory tools--including zoning, site plan review, subdivision regulations, and written comprehensive plans--used by the 1,544...
This pamphlet, produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program, will help municipalities in the Adirondacks and in other rural areas consider wildlife in developing...
This document, prepared by the Tug Hill Commission, examines the range of alternatives for the two villages as they consider the delivery of services to...
The NYS Legislature provides online links to NYS laws, legislation introduced in the Senate and Assembly, bills signed by the Governor (Chapters), bills rejected by...
This publication, produced by the town of Pittsford under a grant administered by the Department of State, provides guidance to municipalities on how to handle...